{"id":185668,"date":"2018-10-16T05:47:33","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T09:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=185668"},"modified":"2018-10-16T05:47:33","modified_gmt":"2018-10-16T09:47:33","slug":"filipino-norwegian-athlete-wins-phs-1st-youth-olympic-games-medal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/10\/16\/filipino-norwegian-athlete-wins-phs-1st-youth-olympic-games-medal\/","title":{"rendered":"Filipino-Norwegian athlete wins PH\u2019s 1st Youth Olympic Games medal"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_185779\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-185779\" style=\"width: 950px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Tio.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-185779\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Tio.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"950\" height=\"633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Tio.jpg 950w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Tio-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Tio-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-185779\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kiteboarder Christian Tio won the first medal for the country in the 2018 Youth Olympic Games that happened at Club Nautica San Isidro in Buenos Aires, Argentina last Sunday, October 14. (Photo: International Olympic Committee)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kiteboarder Christian Tio won the first medal for the country in the 2018 Youth Olympic Games that happened at Club Nautica San Isidro in Buenos Aires, Argentina last Sunday, October 14. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tio, who grew up in Boracay, initially thought that his last run would be cancelled due to the weather conditions on the day of competition. If that had happened, he would have settled for fourth place. But, overall, he didn\u2019t mind the placing and said his \u201cmindset was just to go for it and enjoy.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the race, he stated, \u201cI\u2019m speechless. I\u2019m just really happy, I don\u2019t know how to celebrate yet,\u201d adding a thank you to \u201ceveryone who supported him and gave him all the love.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A lot of preparation went into Christian\u2019s participation in the Youth Olympic Games. After passing the Asian Qualifiers in March, he spent four weeks in the Dominican Republic and four weeks in Buenos Aires to train. This, he said, reduced his jetlag and allowed him to be \u201cfully rested\u201d for the competition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christian\u2019s parents Chris Mohn and Liezl Tio are professional kiteboarders, which encouraged him to work to spread the value of the sport in the Philippines. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He told BusinessWorld, \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have a lot of nice beaches and a lot of wind, there is a lot of potential for the sport, we just need more riders,\u201d adding, \u201cThe kiteboarding scene [in the Philippines] is still quite small but it\u2019s quickly growing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 16-year old placed second on the podium for men\u2019s kiteboarding alongside Toni Vodisek from Slovenia. First place for the event was obtained by Dominican Republic\u2019s Deury Corniel. Christian shared, \u201cIt\u2019s been a tough week. We really had light winds and I\u2019m really happy to get the silver. I thought it was bronze or something, but when I checked, we were both silver.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 2018 Youth Olympic Games will end on October 19.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kiteboarder Christian Tio won the first medal for the country in the 2018 Youth Olympic Games that happened at Club &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-185668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-sports","mauthors-gianna-llanes","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185668\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}